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So now you have a flashy iPhone or iPod Touch and want to take advantage of it in and around the office. Well, we’re going to look at over a dozen mobile applications that can help you save time, money, and even headaches.

Whether you’re a networker, programmer, or manager, we hope you’ll find apps that will interest you.

Social Networking

For $1.99, you can start updating all the social networking sites with one app. This app can simultaneously upload text, video, photos, and audio to all the popular sites: Blogger, eBay, Facebook, Flickr, Linkedin, MySpace, Picasa, Twitter, YouTube, and more. Stay on top of your social game while saving the most time.

With LinkedIn’s free official app, stay on top of your professional life.

Update your status to keep your colleagues up-to-date or send messages to connections. Easily import your iPhone address book. Quickly invite people you meet or search them out. Maybe you can do some quick research on someone before you meet with them, right from your phone.

As you may know, anyone within range at a Wi-Fi hotspot can snoop on your Internet activities. You might not care that they can see where you’re browsing, but some sites and services (like POP3 email and FTP) transfer login credentials and data in plain-text.

To secure your Internet communications from local eavesdroppers, you can use a free VPN app and service like this.